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柠檬鸡爪

檸檬雞爪
níngméng jīzhuǎ
Also on menus as 柠檬凤爪
noun Hot

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 lemon chicken feet

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 凉菜 Cold dish

Boiled chicken feet, chilled and soaked in a sharp marinade of lemon, fresh chili, garlic and cilantro. Served cold; chewy skin and tendon around many small bones. Sour and hot.

Examples

HSK 6
Níngméng jīzhuǎ yào zài níngméng, làjiāo hé xiāngcài tiáo de zhī lǐ pào jǐ ge xiǎoshí.
Lemon chicken feet soak for a few hours in a marinade of lemon, chili and cilantro.
HSK 7-9
Wǎnshang kàn qiúsài de shíhou, wǒmen diǎn le liǎng fèn níngméng jīzhuǎ dàng língshí.
While watching the game in the evening, we ordered two servings of lemon chicken feet as a snack.

Tips

usage
Menus often call chicken feet 凤爪, "phoenix claws", so the dish also appears as 柠檬凤爪.

Stroke Order

柠 níng
檬 méng
鸡 jī
爪 zhǎo